Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction.
REVIEW OF THE HIDER BY LOREN ESTLEMAN SERIES
He has also written a series of novels about the history of crime in Detroit (also the setting of his Walker books.) His non-series works in Loren D. Other series characters include Old West marshal Page Murdock and hitman Peter Macklin. Estleman is most famous for his novels about P.I. Another bit of proof of my "50 Percent Theory" regarding fiction, which I write about here. Oh, well, four out of five still pretty good shootin'. At first I thought it was going to be an Old West riff on "Moby Dick" it turned out to be an unconvincing actioner with unconvincing characters-why the three main characters form their alliance is neither clear nor believable. This, the 5th one I've read, published in 1978, not so. Another bit of proof of my "50 Percent Theory" regarding fiction, which I write about here: htt I've read 4 westerns by Loren Estleman that I thought excellent.
I've read 4 westerns by Loren Estleman that I thought excellent. All in all, an entertaining read, especially if you are a fan of Loren D.
But again, Estleman, because of his excellent prose and storytelling skills, keeps "The Hider" from becoming just another boiler plate thriller/western. Throughout the book, the reader feels he knows where this story is headed and there really are no surprises. Corrupt lawmen, gunfights, Indian bounty hunters, a teen on a quest, and a curmudgeonly protagonist with a heart of (maybe not gold) silver. Estleman throws everything into this novel. And although, Westerns are still not my genre of choice, Estleman is such a great storyteller and competent writer, I really did enjoy "The Hider". Estleman fan, I decided to give his Western a try. Throughout the book, the reader feels he knows where th Rarely, if ever, will I read a Western. He was a crook, a bigot, and a killer, but in our political system that hardly disqualifies him from holding public office.Rarely, if ever, will I read a Western. As for his frequent use of the law to attain his own ends, centuries of revered leaders were guilty of the same or worse.
Many of his decisions were based on common sense, although some of his sentences were certainly unorthodox. He was appointed to the position and later reinstated by popular vote. How closely does the Law West of the Pecos myth hew to the reality of Bean’s life? It’s a popular misconception that Bean was a self-proclaimed judge. Roy & Lillie tells their complete story-fictively enhanced with dialogue history never recorded, thoughts a novelist can only guess at, and letters whose contents can’t be verified because the correspondence no longer exists. What’s new about Roy & Lillie? Every biography and biopic about Bean or Langtry presents the other person as a footnote. Judge Roy Bean’s life hasn’t suffered from lack of attention. Estleman is completing the twentieth volume in his Amos Walker detective series from his Michigan home, where he lives with his wife, Deborah Morgan. Roy & Lillie: A Love Story is an entertaining fiction that re-creates the long-distance flirtation between the English beauty and the man whose fame as the Law West of the Pecos survives to this day. His sixty-fifth book zeroes in on the real-life obsession of Judge Roy Bean-one of nineteenth-century Texas’s most colorful jurists-with the British actress Lillie Langtry. Since publishing his first novel, in 1976, the prolific author has won five Spur Awards in the western genre and four Shamus Awards for his mysteries.
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